Theme: What do myths, legends, and tales reveal about world cultures?
Essential Questions
How does the origin of my family help me to understand the similarities and differences to other cultures through the study of folklore?
Focus Standards
RL.6.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
RL.6.7 Compare the experience of reading a story to viewing a live version of the text.
W.6.2a Organize ideas using comparison/contrast.
L.6.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of punctuation.
L.6.4a Use context as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
L.6.6 Gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.
Ongoing Standards
L.6.4b Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience,
L.6.4 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story’s or drama’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
RL.6.9 Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
SL.6.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
W.6.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
W.6.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate.
Objectives
TLW determine the characteristics of folk tales.
TLW practice summarizing short tales
TLW will use commas correctly after introductory phrases in sentences they write.
TLW identify examples of imagery and figurative language.
Assessment Product
Students will complete a chart that lists the qualities, stylistic elements, and lessons found in “The Crane Maiden” (HMU6, pages 748-753) and “Aunty Misery” (HMU6, pages 754-757) and write a paragraph that encompasses each.
Students will complete a sentence composing activity comprised of jumbled sentences from one of the folk tales that students must arrange in a logical order.
Students will work in groups to produce a brief pantomime of one of the two folk tales.
Key Questions (match Standard)
Why were folk tales created?
What are the characteristics of a folk tale?
What is the difference between a folk tale and a tall tale?
What are some lessons folk tales impart?
Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
Students will summarize informational text.
Students will work cooperatively in groups.
Students will complete all assigned charts, lists, and graphic organizers.
Vocabulary
ELA
Figurative language
Folk tale
Imagery
Summary
Syntax
Suggested Activities
Read “The Crane Maiden” (HMU6, pages 748-753) and “Aunty Misery” (HMU6, pages 754-757). Complete a chart that lists the qualities, stylistic elements, and lessons found in each.
Write a paragraph that discusses the qualities, stylistic elements, and lessons found in either “The Crane Maiden” or “Aunty Misery.”
Jumble the sentences from a passage from either “The Crane Maiden” or “Aunty Misery” and have students arrange these sentences in a logical order.
Have students work in groups to create a pantomime for the events in either “The Crane Maiden” or “Aunty Misery.”
Homework
Terminology for Teachers
Lesson Plan in Word Format (Click Cancel if asked to Log In) Resources
Professional Texts
Literary Texts
Favorite Folktales from Around the World (Jane Yolen)
Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend, and Tall Tale (Robert D. San Souci, Brian Pinkney, and Jane Yolen)
Golden Tales: Myths, Legends, and Folktales from Latin America (Lulu Delacre)
Informational Texts
The History Atlas of South America (MacMillan Continental History Atlases) (Edwin Early, ed.)
Grade: 6 Unit: 2 Week: 5 Content:ELA Dates: 10/29-11/2
Theme: What do myths, legends, and tales reveal about world cultures?
Essential Questions
Focus Standards
Ongoing Standards
Objectives
Assessment
Product
Key Questions (match Standard)
Observable Student Behaviors (Performance)
Vocabulary
Folk tale
Imagery
Summary
Syntax
Suggested Activities
Homework
Terminology for Teachers
Lesson Plan in Word Format (Click Cancel if asked to Log In)
Resources
Professional Texts
Literary Texts
Informational Texts
Art, Music, and Media
Videos
SMART Board Lessons, Promethean Lessons
Other Activities, etc.
Language
Arts
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Week 2
Week 3
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Week 6
6 Matrix
6 PAP Matrix
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Week 6
Home K-2
Home 3-6
Home 6-8
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Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6